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Antulio Rosales

@antuliorosales.bsky.social

Associate Professor, Department of Social Science, York University. I work on political economy of energy and development, politics of cryptocurrency in Latin America, Venezuelan politics.

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Antulio Rosales@antuliorosales.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Support or rejection of data centers in North America is increasingly becoming an issue of electoral debate and daily political discussion. Drawing Bitcoin mining regulation, we develop a study that we believe helps explain contentions over bans to data centers. direct.mit.edu/glep/article...

Banning Bitcoin: The Material and Normative Dimensions of Energy Security in the Regulation of Cryptocurrency Mining in the United States and Canada

Abstract. New digital industries like artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and cryptocurrency mining are voracious energy consumers, with complex implications for states’ climate action, economic...

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Antulio Rosales@antuliorosales.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The US and #Venezuela announced that they reached a huge oil deal. Some details remain murky, and reactions come in different forms, from celebratory to ones decrying the pact. A few, at times obvious, comments regarding how the deal changes oil governance in Venezuela: 🧵

Masaya LlavanerasBlanco@masayalb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Here is my urgent call to place Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights at the centre of the Humanitarian Response and discussions about #ReconstructionEfforts. Thanks to @hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social for their invitation. odi.org/en/insights/...

Earthquakes and governance: why we need a gender lens in Venezuela’s compounding crises

Statistically, Venezuela was already a dangerous place for women to give birth before the earthquakes. That fact alone should place sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) needs at the forefr...

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Humanitarian Policy Group@hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“Statistically, #Venezuela was already a dangerous place for women to give birth before the earthquakes. That fact alone should place sexual and reproductive health and rights needs at the forefront.” – masayalb.bsky.social (Huron University College). Find out more in our article: buff.ly/XvWHSou 🔗

Earthquakes and governance: why we need a gender lens in Venezuela’s compounding crises

Statistically, Venezuela was already a dangerous place for women to give birth before the earthquakes. That fact alone should place sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) needs at the forefr...

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Antulio Rosales@antuliorosales.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I have a new piece out that synthesizes the past few years of research in Latin America on cryptocurrency adoption. The political economy of cryptocurrency in Latin America www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... in @econsocjournal.bsky.social. Thanks to @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca for their support. 🧵

The political economy of cryptocurrency in Latin America

This paper explains the political economy of cryptocurrency expansion in Latin America. Based on qualitative research and in-depth interviews, the paper explains the motivations that promote crypto...

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Antulio Rosales@antuliorosales.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I am glad to see this new article out in GEP, with Heather Millar, Ty Tarnowski and Holly Burke. Banning Bitcoin: The Material and Normative Dimensions of Energy Security in the Regulation of Cryptocurrency Mining in the United States and Canada ⬇️ direct.mit.edu/glep/article...

Banning Bitcoin: The Material and Normative Dimensions of Energy Security in the Regulation of Cryptocurrency Mining in the United States and Canada

Abstract. New digital industries like artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and cryptocurrency mining are voracious energy consumers, with complex implications for states’ climate action, economic...

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Antulio Rosales@antuliorosales.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Global environmental governance after liberal environmentalism: Review of International Political Economy @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social @policyrelevant.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Global environmental governance after liberal environmentalism

Global environmental governance has long been predicated on a normative compromise, commonly referred to as ‘liberal environmentalism’, which posits that addressing global environmental challenges ...

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Masaya LlavanerasBlanco@masayalb.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Parte de esta conversación responde a este trabajo (de libre acceso) que publicamos con @antuliorosales.bsky.social en el que ilustramos la relación entre el autoritarismo y la explotación de las mujeres en Venezuela desde 2013 academic.oup.com/sp/advance-a...

Embodying the Cost of a Predatory State: Depletion via Social Reproduction in Venezuela’s Crisis (2013–2021)

Abstract. This article brings together the literatures of predation and depletion via social reproduction (DSR) to provide an explanation of the Venezuelan

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Antulio Rosales@antuliorosales.bsky.social · 8mo ago

After the US entered #Venezuela to capture Nicolás Maduro and develop a cooperative relation with his successor, Delcy Rodríguez, a new chapter in Venezuela's oil legal history started. But this is a longer history. Raul Sanchez U and I explore here for TWQ 🧵 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Venezuela’s extractive constitutionalism: between a nationalised and privatised petro-state

This article provides a critique of Venezuela’s extractivism with an emphasis on its constitutional and regulatory foundations in historical perspective. Venezuela’s extractive legislative framewor...

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Antulio Rosales@antuliorosales.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Full article: From bolibourgeoisie to cryptocrats: how the crisis and sanctions reshaped Venezuela’s ruling elite into a new oligarchy by @benedictebull.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

From bolibourgeoisie to cryptocrats: how the crisis and sanctions reshaped Venezuela’s ruling elite into a new oligarchy

This article examines whether Venezuela’s prolonged ongoing crisis, intensified by international sanctions, is fostering the emergence of a new oligarchy. Extending theories on the relationship bet...

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